folkie

Or folk·y

[foh-kee]

noun

1. folk singer.

adjective

folkier, folkiest 

1. of or relating to folk singers or folk music.

folkie

/ ˈfəʊkɪ /

noun

1. a devotee of folk music

Word History and Origins

Origin of folkie¹

1960–65; folk ( singer ¹ ) + -ie

Example Sentences

A spectral rendition of a ballad written in the late 1950s by the British folkie Ewan MacColl, Flack’s breakout hit might be the slowest song ever to see the top of Billboard’s Hot 100.

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It begins with a school recital performance of the most achingly pure of folkie love-songs “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” sung by Coolidge and shown in long shot from the perspective of two smirking boys in the audience.

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The guys in Bad Dog, a folkie duo from Washington, D.C., weren’t hoping to get rich off the album they recorded this summer.

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As a folkie, he went electric.

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By 1966 he was a touring folkie.

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